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2017 Sep 08
Viking Grace
Deltamarin reveals Viking Line newbuild’s groundbreaking energy savings
Viking Line’s new LNG newbuild beats Viking Grace in energy efficiency despite being 10% bigger – and its designer opened up to Passenger Ship Technology about why.
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2017 Sep 06
Computer Based Training on Sexual Harassment Released
Computer Based Training on Sexual Harassment Released
The Ship Operations Cooperative Program (SOCP) has released a new computer based training on prevention and response to sexual assault, sexual harassment, retaliation, bullying and other prohibited behaviors in the U.S. maritime industry.
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2017 Sep 02
Buoy tender Maple
Buoy Tender Completes Historic Northwest Passage Transit
The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard buoy tender Maple arrived at Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore, Maryland on Tuesday, after completing a historic voyage through the Northwest passage.
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2017 Aug 28
SkanGas
LNG from Skangas to ESL Shipping's bulk carriers
Skangas and ESL Shipping have entered into an agreement for providing gas fuel to ESL’s LNG-powered bulk carrier newbuildings.
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2017 Aug 25
Sea Traffic Management
First operational STM ship systems installed on-board
The STM Validation project has successfully installed the first Sea Traffic Management (STM) compatible bridge systems, connecting ships with shore based services and actors.
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2017
Aug 24
More Arrests in Brazil's Operation Car Wash Graft Probe
Brazilian authorities have widened their Operation Car Wash graft probe to include U.S. asphalt maker Sargeant Marine, six Greek shipping companies and a former Brazilian congressman.
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2017 Aug 19
Suez Canal
Egypt cuts transit fees through Suez Canal by half
The Egyptian government announced that transit rates for container vessels in the northern and southern Suez ports will be reduced from between 3 – 50 per cent depending on the number of containers they carry.
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2017 Aug 12
Qatar
Despite Embargo, Hamad Port Adds New Routes
Qatar's minister of transport, Jassin bin Saif al Sulaiti, has announced new shipping routes from Qatar's Hamad port to Pakistan, Malaysia and Taiwan – another means of circumventing Saudi-led trade sanctions on the small Persian Gulf emirate.
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2017 Aug 11
BIMCO
BIMCO eLearning dramatically refreshed
The first short documentary course is NYPE 2015, which is based on one of the most popular individual contracts available through BIMCO, only takes an hour!
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2017 Aug 11
Maersk
ICHCA community to discuss protection against physical and cyber attacks
Following the Petya attack in June, one of the biggest cyber-attacks ever experienced in global shipping which crippled A.P. Moller-Maersk’s computer systems worldwide for five days, the need to protect against both cyber and physical threats to critical maritime infrastructures has been topmost on the minds of many in the cargo handling industry.
